In Japanese, "engineer" is エンジニア (enjinia). It is a noun pronounced "eh-n-jee-nee-ah".
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エンジニア is written in katakana. Romanised as enjinia, it sounds roughly like "eh-n-jee-nee-ah" to an English ear.
あのエンジニアはとても親切です。
Ano enjinia wa totemo shinsetsu desu.
That engineer is very kind.
Enjinia (エンジニア) is the Japanese word for engineer. Job titles in Japanese use a variety of endings: shi (士) for licensed professionals, sha (者) for workers, while modern roles often use katakana loanwords.
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Buy on Steamエンジニア is romanised as enjinia. Say it roughly like "eh-n-jee-nee-ah" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
エンジニア is a neutral, everyday word that works in both casual and polite speech. The level of formality comes from the sentence structure around it, not from the word itself.
エンジニア is written using katakana. Katakana is typically used for words of foreign origin or to give emphasis.
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